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Harvard at Columbia

Saturday, November 4, 2023

Harvard beat Columbia 38–⁠24. It was their 60th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 46–⁠13–⁠1.

AwayHarvard8–⁠2 in 2023
38
HomeColumbia3–⁠7 in 2023
24

Final at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium, ManhattanTV: ESPN+Attendance 3,723

At kickoff
57°F, mostly cloudy, wind 3 mph from the northwestWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; La Guardia Airport (KLGA), 11 km from the stadium, 21 minutes after kickoff
Official
Paul Matt OvertonGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Harvard17701438
Columbia0731424

Standouts

Player stats

Harvard

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Jaden Craig13/1826410
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Shane McLaughlin1889212
Jaden Craig1034111
Xaviah Bascon21006
Phillip Smitherman1505
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Tim Dowd3123183
Kaedyn Odermann256037
Tyler Neville334019
Ledger Hatch232026
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Kaleb Moody0002

Columbia

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Joe Green24/4021522
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Joey Giorgi1992123
Malcolm Terry II82609
Ty’son Edwards2503
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Edan Stagg782031
J.J. Jenkins563127
Joey Giorgi427111
Marcus Libman21407

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

HarvardColumbia
401Total yards330
264Passing yards215
137Rushing yards115
14.7Yards per pass5.4
3.9Yards per rush3.4
16First downs22
5–⁠10Third downs5–⁠17
0–⁠0Fourth downs5–⁠6
1Turnovers2
2–⁠20Penalties0–⁠0
28:48Possession31:12

Efficiency

HarvardColumbia
55%Success rate40%
0.40EPA per play−0.01
1.28Explosiveness1.28
0.22Rushing EPA0.27
0.73Passing EPA0.08
40%Passing-down success25%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Harvard 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The line

Harvard −13.5, over/under 40.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Every drive

Columbia end zoneHarvard end zoneQ1 HarvardPunt, 3 playsQ1 ColumbiaPunt, 3 playsQ1 HarvardTouchdown, 2 playsQ1 ColumbiaDefensive TD, 3 plays (Harvard scores)Q1 ColumbiaPunt, 5 playsQ1 HarvardField goal, 12 playsQ1 ColumbiaTouchdown, 10 playsQ2 HarvardTouchdown, 5 playsQ2 ColumbiaInterception, 4 playsQ2 HarvardPunt, 7 playsQ2 ColumbiaPunt, 8 playsQ2 HarvardEnd of half, 3 plays (Columbia scores)Q3 ColumbiaInterception, 1 playQ3 ColumbiaResult not recorded, 19 playsQ3 HarvardPunt, 8 playsQ3 HarvardTouchdown, 4 playsQ4 ColumbiaTurnover on downs, 4 playsQ4 HarvardTouchdown, 6 playsQ4 ColumbiaTouchdown, 5 playsQ4 HarvardPunt, 3 playsQ4 ColumbiaTouchdown, 13 playsQ4 HarvardEnd of game, 1 play
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Columbia drives left to right, Harvard right to left.
  1. Q1 HarvardPunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
  2. Q1 ColumbiaPunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
  3. Q1 HarvardTouchdown, 2 plays, 80 yards
  4. Q1 ColumbiaDefensive TD, 3 plays (Harvard scores), −22 yards
  5. Q1 ColumbiaPunt, 5 plays, 19 yards
  6. Q1 HarvardField goal, 12 plays, 68 yards
  7. Q1 ColumbiaTouchdown, 10 plays, 72 yards
  8. Q2 HarvardTouchdown, 5 plays, 68 yards
  9. Q2 ColumbiaInterception, 4 plays, 20 yards
  10. Q2 HarvardPunt, 7 plays, 41 yards
  11. Q2 ColumbiaPunt, 8 plays, 39 yards
  12. Q2 HarvardEnd of half, 3 plays (Columbia scores), 13 yards
  13. Q3 ColumbiaInterception, 1 play, 0 yards
  14. Q3 ColumbiaResult not recorded, 19 plays, 51 yards
  15. Q3 HarvardPunt, 8 plays, 33 yards
  16. Q3 HarvardTouchdown, 4 plays, 59 yards
  17. Q4 ColumbiaTurnover on downs, 4 plays, 3 yards
  18. Q4 HarvardTouchdown, 6 plays, 15 yards
  19. Q4 ColumbiaTouchdown, 5 plays, 70 yards
  20. Q4 HarvardPunt, 3 plays, 1 yard
  21. Q4 ColumbiaTouchdown, 13 plays, 71 yards
  22. Q4 HarvardEnd of game, 1 play, 0 yards

Play by play

1st quarter7 drives, then Harvard 17, Columbia 0
Harvard Punt, 3 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 29pass incomplete to Tyler Neville
15:002nd & 10 at own 29Shane McLaughlin run for 5 yds to the HARV 34
15:003rd & 5 at own 34Jaden Craig pass complete to Scott Woods II for 2 yds to the HARV 36
14:521st & 10 at own 40Hugo Merry kickoff for 57 yds , Xaviah Bascon return for 26 yds to the HARV 29
13:184th & 3 at own 36Sebastien Tasko punt for 41 yds
Columbia Punt, 3 plays
13:181st & 10 at own 23Joey Giorgi run for 3 yds to the COLU 26
13:182nd & 7 at own 26Joey Giorgi run for 4 yds to the COLU 30
13:183rd & 3 at own 30pass incomplete to James Miller
12:084th & 3 at own 30William Hughes punt for 53 yds
Harvard Touchdown, 2 plays
12:081st & 10 at own 17McLaughlin,Shane rush right (Roussos,Anthony).
11:212nd & 10 at own 17Jaden Craig pass complete to Tim Dowd for 83 yds for a TD (Cali Canaval KICK)Harvard 7, Columbia 0
Columbia Defensive TD, 3 plays (Harvard scores)
11:211st & 10 at own 40Cali Canaval kickoff for 60 yds for a touchback
11:211st & 10 at own 25Giorgi,Joey rush middle (Shipman,Gavin;Psyk,Jacob).
11:212nd & 10 at own 25pass incomplete to Edan Stagg
11:213rd & 10 at own 25Joe Green pass complete to Joey Giorgi for a loss of 1 yard to the COLU 24
9:474th & 11 at own 24Kaleb Moody 10 Yd Punt Return (Cali Canaval Kick)Harvard 14, Columbia 0
Columbia Punt, 5 plays
9:471st & 10 at own 40Cali Canaval kickoff for 60 yds for a touchback
9:471st & 10 at own 25Joe Green pass complete to Edan Stagg for 8 yds to the COLU 33
9:472nd & 2 at own 33Joe Green pass complete to Marcus Libman for 7 yds to the COLU 40 for a 1ST down
9:471st & 10 at own 40Malcolm Terry II run for 4 yds to the COLU 44
9:472nd & 6 at own 44pass incomplete to Edan Stagg
9:473rd & 6 at own 44pass incomplete to Edan Stagg
7:494th & 6 at own 44William Hughes punt for 41 yds , Scott Woods II returns for 8 yds to the HARV 23
Harvard Field goal, 12 plays
7:491st & 10 at own 23Shane McLaughlin run for 8 yds to the HARV 31
7:492nd & 2 at own 31Jaden Craig run for 5 yds to the HARV 36 for a 1ST down
7:491st & 10 at own 36Jaden Craig run for a loss of 5 yards to the HARV 31
7:492nd & 15 at own 31Shane McLaughlin run for 12 yds to the HARV 43
7:493rd & 3 at own 43Jaden Craig run for 11 yds to the COLU 46 for a 1ST down
7:491st & 10 at opp 46Jaden Craig pass complete to Tyler Neville for 19 yds to the COLU 27 for a 1ST down
7:491st & 10 at opp 27Shane McLaughlin run for 5 yds to the COLU 22
7:492nd & 5 at opp 22Shane McLaughlin run for 7 yds to the COLU 15 for a 1ST down
7:491st & 10 at opp 15Shane McLaughlin run for 3 yds to the COLU 12
7:492nd & 7 at opp 12Shane McLaughlin run for 3 yds to the COLU 9
7:493rd & 4 at opp 9pass incomplete to Ledger Hatch
1:124th & 4 at opp 9Cali Canaval 27 yd FG GOODHarvard 17, Columbia 0
Columbia Touchdown, 10 plays
1:121st & 10 at own 40Cali Canaval kickoff for 60 yds for a touchback
1:121st & 10 at own 25Joe Green pass complete to Edan Stagg for 8 yds to the COLU 33
1:122nd & 2 at own 33Joey Giorgi run for 3 yds to the COLU 36 for a 1ST down
1:121st & 10 at own 36Joe Green pass complete to Joey Giorgi for 6 yds to the COLU 42
Q2 15:002nd & 4 at own 42Joe Green run for 13 yds to the HARV 45 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:001st & 10 at opp 45Giorgi,Joey rush middle (Little,Eric;Moody,Kaleb).
Q2 15:002nd & 10 at opp 45Joey Giorgi run for 1 yd to the HARV 44
Q2 15:003rd & 9 at opp 44Joe Green pass complete to James Miller for 4 yds to the HARV 40
Q2 15:004th & 5 at opp 40Joe Green pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 14 yds to the HARV 26 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:001st & 10 at opp 26Malcolm Terry II run for 3 yds to the HARV 23
Q2 11:112nd & 7 at opp 23Joey Giorgi run for 23 yds for a TD (Hugo Merry KICK) Harvard Penalty, off-side (Micaiah Bell) to the HARV 3Harvard 17, Columbia 7
2nd quarter5 drives, then Harvard 24, Columbia 7
Harvard Touchdown, 5 plays
11:041st & 10 at own 40Hugo Merry kickoff for 56 yds , Xaviah Bascon return for 25 yds to the HARV 29
11:041st & 10 at own 29Jaden Craig pass complete to Tim Dowd for 15 yds to the HARV 44 for a 1ST down
11:041st & 10 at own 44Shane McLaughlin run for 2 yds to the HARV 46
11:042nd & 8 at own 46Jaden Craig pass complete to Tyler Neville for 14 yds to the COLU 40 for a 1ST down
11:041st & 10 at opp 40Jaden Craig pass complete to Kaedyn Odermann for 37 yds to the COLU 3 for a 1ST down
8:351st & goal at opp 3Shane McLaughlin run for 3 yds for a TD (Cali Canaval KICK)Harvard 24, Columbia 7
Columbia Interception, 4 plays
8:351st & 10 at own 40Cali Canaval kickoff for 60 yds for a touchback
8:351st & 10 at own 25pass incomplete
8:352nd & 10 at own 25Malcolm Terry II run for a loss of 5 yards to the COLU 20
8:353rd & 15 at own 20Joe Green pass complete to Edan Stagg for 25 yds to the COLU 45 for a 1ST down
6:591st & 10 at own 45Joe Green pass intercepted
Harvard Punt, 7 plays
6:591st & 10 at own 15Jaden Craig pass complete to Cooper Barkate for 12 yds to the HARV 27 for a 1ST down
6:591st & 10 at own 27Jaden Craig pass complete to Tyler Neville for 1 yd to the HARV 28
6:592nd & 9 at own 28pass incomplete to Kaedyn Odermann
6:593rd & 9 at own 28Jaden Craig pass complete to Kaedyn Odermann for 19 yds to the HARV 47 for a 1ST down
6:591st & 10 at own 47Shane McLaughlin run for 4 yds to the COLU 49
6:592nd & 6 at opp 49pass incomplete
6:593rd & 6 at opp 49Jaden Craig pass complete to Cooper Barkate for 5 yds to the COLU 44
3:344th & 1 at opp 44Sebastien Tasko punt for 34 yds
Columbia Punt, 8 plays
3:341st & 10 at own 10Malcolm Terry II run for 8 yds to the COLU 18
3:342nd & 2 at own 18Malcolm Terry II run for 9 yds to the COLU 27 for a 1ST down
3:341st & 10 at own 27pass incomplete to JJ Jenkins
3:342nd & 10 at own 27Joey Giorgi run for 7 yds to the COLU 34
3:343rd & 3 at own 34Joe Green pass complete to Titus Evans for 10 yds to the COLU 44 for a 1ST down
3:341st & 10 at own 44Joey Giorgi run for 5 yds to the COLU 49
1:232nd & 5 at own 49Joe Green pass incomplete to JJ Jenkins, broken up by Gavin Shipman
1:233rd & 5 at own 49pass incomplete to Malcolm Terry II
0:584th & 5 at own 49William Hughes punt for 26 yds
Harvard End of half, 3 plays (Columbia scores)
0:581st & 10 at own 25Shane McLaughlin run for 4 yds to the HARV 29
0:582nd & 6 at own 29Shane McLaughlin run for 9 yds to the HARV 38 for a 1ST down
0:581st & 10 at own 38Shane McLaughlin run for 6 yds to the HARV 40
3rd quarter4 drives, then Harvard 24, Columbia 10
Columbia Result not recorded, 19 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 40Cali Canaval kickoff for 60 yds for a touchback
15:001st & 10 at own 25Joe Green run for 5 yds to the COLU 30
15:002nd & 5 at own 30Malcolm Terry II run for 3 yds to the COLU 33
15:003rd & 2 at own 33Malcolm Terry II run for 3 yds to the COLU 36 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 36Joey Giorgi run for 15 yds to the HARV 49 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 49Joe Green pass complete to Edan Stagg for 5 yds to the HARV 44
15:002nd & 5 at opp 44Joe Green pass complete to Edan Stagg for 3 yds to the HARV 41
15:003rd & 2 at opp 41Joey Giorgi run for 1 yd to the HARV 40
15:004th & 1 at opp 40Joey Giorgi run for 1 yd to the HARV 39 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 39Joey Giorgi run for 1 yd to the HARV 38
15:002nd & 9 at opp 38Joey Giorgi run for 7 yds to the HARV 31
15:003rd & 2 at opp 31Joey Giorgi run for 1 yd to the HARV 30
15:004th & 1 at opp 30Ty’son Edwards run for 2 yds to the HARV 28 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 28pass incomplete to Titus Evans
15:002nd & 10 at opp 28Joe Green pass complete to Wills Meyer for 8 yds to the HARV 20
15:003rd & 2 at opp 20pass incomplete to Wills Meyer
15:004th & 2 at opp 20Harvard Penalty, off-side (Thor Griffith) to the HARV 15 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 15Giorgi,Joey rush left (Leskovec,Nate;Bartrum,Ty).
15:002nd & 10 at opp 15Joe Green pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 5 yds to the HARV 10
15:003rd & 5 at opp 10Joe Green sacked for a loss of 14 yards to the HARV 24
Harvard Punt, 8 plays
5:221st & 10 at own 40Hugo Merry kickoff for 31 yds , Jaeden Kinlock return for no gain to the HARV 30 Jaeden Kinlock fumbled, recovered by HARV Ryan Osborne Merry,Hugo kickoff 31 yards to the HAR29, Kinlock,Jaeden return loss of 2 yards to the HAR27, fumble by Kinlock,Jaeden recovered by HAR Osborne,Ryan, Osborne,Ryan return 3 yards to the HAR30 (Meyer,Wills). , return for no gain to the HARV 30
5:221st & 10 at own 30Shane McLaughlin run for 6 yds to the HARV 36
5:222nd & 4 at own 36Jaden Craig pass complete to Ledger Hatch for 6 yds to the HARV 42 for a 1ST down
5:221st & 10 at own 42Jaden Craig run for 9 yds to the COLU 49
5:224th & 19 at opp 24Hugo Merry 42 yd FG GOODHarvard 24, Columbia 10
Harvard Punt, 8 plays
5:222nd & 1 at opp 49Jaden Craig run for a loss of 3 yards to the HARV 48
5:223rd & 4 at own 48Jaden Craig run for 9 yds to the COLU 43 for a 1ST down
5:221st & 10 at opp 43pass incomplete to Ledger Hatch
5:222nd & 10 at opp 43Shane McLaughlin run for 4 yds to the COLU 39
5:223rd & 6 at opp 39Shane McLaughlin run for 2 yds to the COLU 37
0:564th & 4 at opp 37Sebastien Tasko punt for 37 yds
0:461st & 10 at own 20Joe Green pass intercepted
Harvard Touchdown, 4 plays
0:461st & 10 at own 38Cooper Barkate run for 5 yds to the HARV 43
Q4 15:002nd & 5 at own 43Jaden Craig pass complete to Tim Dowd for 25 yds to the COLU 32 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at opp 32Jaden Craig pass complete to Ledger Hatch for 26 yds to the COLU 6 for a 1ST down
Q4 13:301st & goal at opp 6Shane McLaughlin run for 6 yds for a TD (Cali Canaval KICK)Harvard 31, Columbia 10
4th quarter6 drives, then Harvard 38, Columbia 24
Columbia Turnover on downs, 4 plays
13:301st & 10 at own 40Cali Canaval kickoff for 60 yds for a touchback
13:301st & 10 at own 25Joey Giorgi run for 1 yd to the COLU 26
13:302nd & 9 at own 26Joe Green pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 6 yds to the COLU 32
13:303rd & 3 at own 32Joe Green pass complete to Jack Larsen for a loss of 4 yards to the COLU 28
11:244th & 7 at own 28Joe Green sacked for a loss of 10 yards to the COLU 18
Harvard Touchdown, 6 plays
11:241st & 10 at opp 18Xaviah Bascon run for 6 yds to the COLU 12
11:242nd & 4 at opp 12Jaden Craig run for 2 yds to the COLU 10
11:243rd & 2 at opp 10Jaden Craig run for 5 yds to the COLU 5 for a 1ST down
11:241st & goal at opp 5Xaviah Bascon run for 4 yds to the COLU 1
11:242nd & goal at opp 1Craig,Jaden rush middle (Thomas,Owen;Milia,Rocco).
8:213rd & goal at opp 1Jaden Craig run for 1 yd for a TD (Cali Canaval KICK)Harvard 38, Columbia 10
Columbia Touchdown, 5 plays
8:141st & 10 at own 40Cali Canaval kickoff for 60 yds , Carter McFadden return for 27 yds to the COLU 27
8:141st & 10 at own 27Joe Green pass complete to Edan Stagg for 2 yds to the COLU 29
8:142nd & 8 at own 29Joe Green pass incomplete to JJ Jenkins, broken up by Luke Bridges
8:143rd & 8 at own 29Joey Giorgi run for 14 yds to the HARV 43 Harvard Penalty, face mask (15 yards) (Delian Bradley) to the HARV 42
8:141st & 10 at opp 42Joe Green pass complete to Edan Stagg for 31 yds to the HARV 11 for a 1ST down
6:221st & 10 at opp 11Joe Green pass complete to Joey Giorgi for 11 yds for a TD (Hugo Merry KICK)Harvard 38, Columbia 17
Harvard Punt, 3 plays
6:191st & 10 at own 40William Hughes kickoff for 17 yds
6:191st & 10 at own 43Phillip Smitherman run for 5 yds to the HARV 48
6:192nd & 5 at own 48Charles Deprima run for 1 yd to the HARV 49
6:193rd & 4 at own 49Charles Deprima sacked for a loss of 5 yards to the HARV 44
3:444th & 9 at own 44Sebastien Tasko punt for 34 yds , Carter McFadden returns for 4 yds to the COLU 26
Columbia Touchdown, 13 plays
3:441st & 10 at own 26Joe Green pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 27 yds to the HARV 47 for a 1ST down
3:441st & 10 at opp 47Malcolm Terry II run for 1 yd to the HARV 46
3:442nd & 9 at opp 46pass incomplete to JJ Jenkins
3:443rd & 9 at opp 46Joey Giorgi run for 5 yds to the HARV 41
3:444th & 4 at opp 41Joe Green pass complete to Jack Larsen for 5 yds to the HARV 36 for a 1ST down
3:441st & 10 at opp 36pass incomplete to Jack Larsen
3:442nd & 10 at opp 36Joe Green sacked for a loss of 2 yards to the HARV 38
3:443rd & 12 at opp 38Joe Green pass complete to Joey Giorgi for 11 yds to the HARV 27
3:444th & 1 at opp 27Ty’son Edwards run for 3 yds to the HARV 24 for a 1ST down
3:441st & 10 at opp 24pass incomplete to Wills Meyer
3:442nd & 10 at opp 24Joe Green pass complete to Jack Larsen for 6 yds to the HARV 18
3:443rd & 4 at opp 18Joe Green pass complete to Marcus Libman for 7 yds to the HARV 11 for a 1ST down
0:201st & 10 at opp 11Joe Green pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 11 yds for a TD (Hugo Merry KICK)Harvard 38, Columbia 24
Harvard End of game, 1 play
0:181st & 10 at own 40William Hughes kickoff for 10 yds
0:181st & 10 at the 50Charles Deprima run for a loss of 2 yards to the 50 yard line

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

The series

Every Harvard–Columbia game

Harvard leads 48–⁠13–⁠1 in 62 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Harvard 31, Columbia 14
2024Harvard 26, Columbia 6
2023Harvard 38, Columbia 24
2022Columbia 21, Harvard 20
2021Harvard 49, Columbia 21
2019Columbia 17, Harvard 10

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